NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top tools and appliances companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: General Electric Co. fell $.23 or .9 percent, to $24.89. Snap-On fell $1.01 or .7 percent, to $145.36. Stanley Works fell $.64 or .7 percent, to $95.57. Whirlpool Corp. rose $1.42 or .7 percent, to $202.46.

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top education companies are down at 10 a.m.: Apollo Group fell $.11 or .6 percent, to $18.93. Career Education Corp. fell $.13 or 2.5 percent, to $5.12. DeVry Education Group Inc. fell $.17 or .5 percent, to $33.36. Strayer Education Inc. fell $1.56 or 2.8 percent, to $53.55.